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FIA tells Williams and Caterham exhausts solution illegal
Feb.20 .- F1's governing body has told Williams its exhaust solution for the newly-launched FW35 is not legal. It was already believed a similar solution for the Coanda-effect exhaust on Caterham's 2013 car definitely falls foul of this year's rules. But Williams' chief designer Mike Coughlan said in Barcelona on Tuesday, where the team's new Renault-powered car was revealed and tested for the first time, that he was confident the FW35 complied. In fact, the two solutions were very similar, but the Williams one more cleverly exploited a loophole about aerodynamics-influencing apertures. The FIA's Charlie Whiting was at the Circuit de Catalunya on Tuesday, and according to Auto Motor und...
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